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No. 506,679. I Patented 0ct.17,1893.-

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD MASON ESPLIN, OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.

HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,679, dated October17, 1893.

Application filed December 2, 1892. Serial No. 4 2- (N model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD MASON ESPLIN, box-maker and timber merchant,a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, residing inManchester,in the county of Lancaster, England, have inventedImprovements in Hinges, of which the following isa full, clear, andexact description.

My said invention relates to improvements in hinges for boxes,applicable also to other purposes.

The accompanying sheet of drawings fully illustrates my invention.

Figure 1, shows the blank in plan from which one member of the hinge isformed. Fig. 2, shows said blank partially bent, and Fig. 3, shows itfully bent to make the complete member. Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are similarviews to 1, 2, and 3 of the other member. Fig. 7, is a perspective Viewof the members, and the lid and back of a box showing the parts in therelative positions assumed when the members are being applied to the lidand back. Fig. 8, is a similar view of the hinge in place on the box.

In making a hinge I punch or otherwise form a flat piece a of sheetmetal to the shape shown at Fig. 1. I then fold down the sides a asshown at Fig. 2 and finally double the piece together as at Fig. 3. Inpunching the piece I also form two protrusions 17 b at the ends of theblank, so that when the blank is folded-together as at Fig. 3 theprojections b I) lie in line. This completes the male half of the hinge.To make the female half I punch a blank 0 of the shape shown at Fig. 4,bend down the sides 0' as at Fig. 5, and double it together as in Fig.6. In forming this blank I stamp two hemisphere recesses d d to fit theprotrusions b b in the other half a.

When applying the hinge to a wooden box I make a saw-cut in the lid 6and also in the side or backf of the box as appears in Fig. 7. I theninsert or drive the hinge half a into the slit in fand the half 0 intothe slit in e 7 having first or during the operation inserted or sprungthe projections b b into the recesses d d. The driving home of the hingehalves closes them one upon the other, so that the projections b b playlike pivots or hinge pins within the recesses d d and cannot leave them.To prevent the hinges from being withdrawn, I countersink the turnedover side flaps a. and c with a punch so as to give them a grip on thelid and back of the box.

In some cases instead of bringing the two hinge halves directly togetheras described I ture of articles of furniture, toys, and for hingingtogether the limbs of dolls.

The projections b of Fig. 1 and the linksg of Fig. 9 form extensions atthe ends of the plates adapted to connect them, the extension beingrigid in one case and pivoted in the other.

I declare that what I claim is- 1. A hinge comprising one member formedof a plate bent back upon itself and having its side edges bent down,said plate having its meeting ends adapted for connection with asecondmember, and the second member connected to the ends of the bent plate,substantially as described.

2. A hinge comprising the two members each formed of a plate bent backupon itself and having the side edges bent down at an angle to the mainbody, and the connecting extensions between the meeting ends of themembers, substantially as described.

3. In combination, the plate a bent back upon itself and having its sideedges bent at an angle to its body portion and having also theconnecting extensions b at its ends, and the plate 0, bent back uponitself and having the bent edges, said plate 0 having its meeting endsadapted to engage the extensions b on the other plate, substantially asdescribed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

RICHARD MASON ESPLIN.

Witnesses:

W. TOMLINSON, RICHARD IBBERSON.

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